Giant of the Far East Again Japan Back With Leaders
AP report from Tokyo describes General MacArthur's arrival in Japan on August 30 1945 with a cold welcome. It notes Japan's postwar industrial strength including millions of automobiles television sets and shipyards as well as labor shortages and a strict birth control program limiting population growth.
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Robert Eunson
TOKYO
Kamakura
Mt. Fuji
Atsugi
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
Tokyo Bay
Los Angeles
United States
Evils of the Bomb Antimilitary Drive Spreads in Mississippi
In McComb and across Mississippi a militant civil rights effort urges Negroes to defy the draft and push hunger strikes. Freedom School sessions discuss Viet Nam war, bombs effects, and racial targets. Freedom Democratic Party worker Ranier Selig plans to deliver letters to Washington August 14. Rep. Charles Diggs denounces the FDP campaign as irresponsible.
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Selig
Freedom Democratic Party
Charles Diggs
D-Mich
Diggs
Mississippi
FDP
FDP-led Jackson protest challenges Mississippi congressmen
The Freedom Democratic party organized a racial demonstration in Jackson last month resulting in over 1 000 arrests. The FDP seeks to challenge the seating of Mississippi five regularly elected congressmen. An editor's note says the appeal was written by Joe Martin of McComb SNCC staffer and Clint Hopson a Howard University law student from Neptune New Jersey.
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Freedom Democratic Party
Jackson
FDP
Mississippi
Joe Martin
McComb
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Clint Hopson
Howard University
Neptune
N.J
Ohio sales tax hike proposal submitted for vote
The Ohio Council for Education and the Ohio Education Association filed petitions with about 113000 signatures to place a 1 percent sales tax increase on the November ballot. If approved the extra revenue about 116 million dollars yearly would fund public education. A statewide campaign to win voter support is planned with backing from teachers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Council For Education
Ohio Education Association
Ted W. Brown
Brown
DEA
Ships Shifted to Carry Troops to Viet Nam Move
The Military Sea Transportation Service shifts six ships from Europe to move troops to Viet Nam. Defense Dept says Atlantic transport will be handled by commercial carriers going forward.
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Washington
Military Sea Transportation Service
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Atlantic
Race to push quarks into energy frontier
Washington reports a nationwide rush to locate the Atomic Energy Commission proposed giant atom smasher near a mile across, costing 280 million dollars with 59 million yearly operating funds. Scientists discuss quarks as possible building blocks and energy sources, while hearings weigh the device’s value to humanity.
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United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Delaware
Vermont
Atomic Energy Commission
Subcommittee
Joint
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Murray Gell-Mann
The
California Institute of
Ambassadors Push US Diplomacy Amid Global Talks
Edwin Reischauer and other American diplomats pressed for progress in ongoing international discussions, seeking common ground with allied nations on trade security and regional stability during high level meetings.
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Edwin Reischauer
Japan to lead Asia's economy despite rebirth dreams
The piece notes Japan's bid for economic leadership in Asia reemerging twenty years after shattered hopes. It cites Prime Minister Sato and major firms saying Japan is not ready for full industrial leadership and a broader co prosperity role. Analysts warn recession risks could empower socialist forces.
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Japan
Asia
Far East
Sato
White House
Walt Rostow
Johnson
The
Greece Parliament suspended as crisis deepens
Greece faces a prolonged political stalemate as Parliament is suspended indefinitely after failing to muster a quorum. Premier Athanasiadis Novas, appointed by King Constantine, risks losing legitimacy without a confidence vote and a consensus candidate acceptable to the king and majority lawmakers.
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Athens
Greece
George Anthanasiadis Novas
Constantine
George Papandreou
Papandreon
Athanasiadis Novas
Center Union Party
Boy Hurt Fatally
Richard W. Beck a 19 year old from Elida Ohio died Friday night from injuries after his car collided earlier in the day with a tractor trailer at the intersection of Ohio 141 and Ohio 310 in Newark Ohio according to AP reports.
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Newark
Ohio
Richard W. Beck
Elida
Ohio 141
Ohio 310
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Brookhaven Laboratory
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